After four years with the Jets, star cornerback Sauce Gardner is reportedly headed elsewhere.

New York is trading Gardner to the Colts for the latter team's next two first-round picks, according to a Tuesday morning report from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The stunning deal, if confirmed, would send Gardner west just under four months after he inked a four-year extension with the Jets worth $120 million.

As for the Colts, the deal would give them a further chess piece in their bid for the AFC's top seed. Indianapolis is 7-2 and ranks seventh in the NFL in scoring defense; the Colts will match their win total from 2024 with one more victory.

New York drafted Gardner fourth in the 2022 draft after he made the All-America team at Cincinnati in 2021. He immediately established himself as one of the NFL's best defensive backs, making back-to-back All-Pro teams to begin his career before injury slowed him in 2024.

The Jets are currently 1-7, last in the AFC East.

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Colts Acquire Sauce Gardner From Jets in Trade-Deadline Shocker.

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